xerces with gcc on windows xp

[steven]

hi,
im using xerces with gcc compiler on windows xp(cygwin).
i'm a java developer, but im not that familiar with c++. 
can somebody show me a small example on writing a c++ string object
from a XMLCh string( if fiesable). 
i will try meanwhile to work on it, maybe i'll end up with something.
thanks
steven